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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792
Fabric Type: 9781439214626
Legal Disclaimer: 143921462X
Maximum Color Depth: BookSurge Publishing
Metal Type: BookSurge Publishing
Region Code: 476
Total External Bays Free: April 22, 2009
Total Firewire Ports: BookSurge Publishing
Total Parallel Ports: April 22, 2009
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Delving into five hundred years of political, social, and cultural mores, the author offers a chronology of the evolution of the Tango as intricate as the dance itself. Readers are invited into a world as remarkable as it is compelling. The Tango originated in the slums of Buenos Aires as a partnered dance between two men and evolved into the most sophisticated, elegant and physically demanding social dance. Originally relegated to the lower classes, it eventually earned its place as a respected art form, embraced by millions of dancers and spectators around the world. From Argentina's early colonial period of the 16th century through civil and world wars, the rise and fall of dictatorships and democracies, to its years of near-disappearance and then resurrection, the history and mystic of tango has been captured in this meticulously researched book.
Average Rating: 
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I was strongly disappointed in this work. From the promising title I expected a well-researched, well-written, chronicle of the history and development of tango. What I found instead was a very breezy assemblage of responses from a questionnaire that the author submitted to a number of prominent figures in the tango world and a "history" that seemed yet another rehashing of common (and mostly discredited) tango myths and folklore. Aside from the content, or lack of, the work struck me as poorly-written ... Read More
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Virginia Gift has written a terrific new history of a fascinating subject. Her intense research has served her well in creating this great new book. She speaks from personal experience and her own obvious obssession. Her dedication to detail is amazing.
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This book covers three aspects of the current obsession with tango. Part One is an analysis of the phenomenal rennaisance of worldwide interest in the dance. It tells who is dancing, why they are dancing, where, when, and how--including a description of classical and new styles. The history section Part Two: explains the social economic and political reasons for the rise, fall, and the contemporary revival of the tango. The third section is a guide to today's Buenos Aires, where tango had its birth, ... Read More
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I loved Virginia Gift's book because it filled in all the information I had never known about Tango since first hearing Gardel and watching Valentino movies with my mother back in the 40. Well written, well researched and yes will definetely satisfy one's tango obsession whether for those who love the dance, the music, or the great poetry and passion of the tango lyrics!
Bill Snell
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This book is well suited for novices and experienced
tangueros/tangueras who are looking for somehting other
than the recent spate of tango memoirs, some of which I
read and thoroughly enjoyed. Tango: A History Of Obsession
is for those who are looking for an assiduously researched
historical account of from whence this most unique and
ever evolving social dance has come and, thanks to the
book's inclusion of an essay ... Read More
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